News tagged with funhouse mirror
Can you see me now? Flexible photodetectors could help sharpen photos
(PhysOrg.com) -- Distorted cell-phone photos and big, clunky telephoto lenses could be things of the past. UW-Madison Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Zhenqiang (Jack) Ma and colleagues ...
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Hubble zooms in on a magnified galaxy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered.
Feb 02, 2012 |
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For Aquarius, sampling seas no 'grain of salt' task
(PhysOrg.com) -- The breakthrough moment for oceanographer Gary Lagerloef, the principal investigator for NASA's new Aquarius mission, came in 1991. That's when he knew it would be possible to make precise ...
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May 26, 2011 |
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Gigantic gravity 'Lenses' magnify galaxies far, far away
A chance alignment of galaxies, recently observed by a space observatory, presents the perfect opportunity for studying star-forming galaxies billions of light-years away.
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Detailed dark matter map yields clues to galaxy cluster growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took advantage of a giant cosmic magnifying glass to create one of the sharpest and most detailed maps of dark matter in the universe. Dark ...
Nov 12, 2010 |
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Herschel's hidden talent: digging up magnified galaxies
(PhysOrg.com) -- It turns out the Herschel Space Observatory has a trick up its sleeve. The telescope, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA contributions, has proven to be excellent at finding ...
Nov 04, 2010 |
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A 'cloaking device' -- it's all done with mirrors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Somewhat the way Harry Potter can cover himself with a cloak and become invisible, Cornell researchers have developed a device that can make it seem that a bump in a carpet -- or, indeed, ...
May 13, 2009 |
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When it's not just baby weight
Body image is a tricky thing for many women. Like looking into a funhouse mirror, the way they perceive their bodies can make them think they're thinner or more obese than they actually are. Researchers led by Temple University's ...
Dec 22, 2008 |
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For computer scientists exploring face recognition, the question is 'who?'
One of the most challenging tasks for computer vision researchers is to design a system that can automatically recognize individual faces. Humans, who can perform this task in as little as 50 milliseconds—almost ...
Feb 07, 2007 |
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Light's Most Exotic Trick Yet: So Fast it Goes ... Backwards?
In the past few years, scientists have found ways to make light go both faster and slower than its usual speed limit, but now researchers at the University of Rochester have published a paper today in Science ...
May 11, 2006 |
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